CITY OF BROOKLYN
1949, 7557grt
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend (1769)
(laid down as CITY OF GLOUCESTER)
1967 LEFKADIOS
Sank on 27/9/1970 about 600 miles south of Colombo after a fire on board, Bordeaux for Shanghai

City of Brooklyn 1949

CITY OF CHRISTIANIA
1921, 4940grt
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering, Hull (628) for Ellerman Lines (Hall Line)
Gave long service until arrived at Dunston-on-Tyne for breaking on 20/10/1957

City of Christiania 1921

CITY OF DURBAN later CITY OF GLOUCESTER
1921, 4497grt
Earle's, Hull (627) for Ellerman Lines (Hall Line)
9/39 BRUTUS, Admiralty requisition as a decoy ship
3/1941 to 4/1942 as an armed merchant cruiser
1942 CITY OF DURBAN
1952 CITY OF GLOUCESTER
Broken up at Briton Ferry, arrived 7/8/1957

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